Wire-twisting tool



(No Model.)

J. G. CALHOUN 8v 0. B. GARRISON.

- WIRE TWISTING TOOL.

No. 439,835 Patented.Nov.4, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. CALHOUN, OF EDINBURG, AND CALVIN B. GARRISON, OF CHARLES- TOWN,ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO SAMUEL CALHOUN, OF EDINBURG,

OHIO.

WIRE-TWISTING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,835, dated November4, 1890.

Application filed June 19, 1890. Serial No. 357,001. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES G. CALHOUN, of Edinburg, Portage county,Ohio, and CALVIN B. GARRISON, of Charlestown, in the same county andState, citizens of the United States, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Wire-Twisting Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

The main object of our invention is a convenient tool for twisting thesustaining-Wires between the consecutivepickets of a fence.

In the drawings formingapart hereof, Figure 1 is a side view of thetool, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same.

The circular plate a is formed with slots 0 for the reception of thewires to be twisted, and is also formed or provided with guides n tosupport and guide sliding handles b b, by which the tool is operated.For convenience the handles are arranged substantially at right anglesto each other and on opposite sides of the plate a, each handle slidingin and being sustained by two guides n. The raised central part a of theplate a on each side of the plate strengthens the latter near andbetween the inner ends of the slots 0. The handles 1) b are formed withknobs s at their ends to prevent them from sliding out of the plate. Theperiphery of the plate a is formed with depressions c of sufficientdepth to receive the knobs s to prevent the latter from contact with anyfence-brace or other obstruction that may be close to the periphcry oftheplate a while the tool is twisting the fencewires, sections 0 0 ofwhich are shown in one of the slots 0 of Fig. 1.

the work is done.

In operating the tool it is moved forward till the wires 0 0 haveentered a slot 0, and is then turned by its handles until the handle I)is caused to slide downward by its Weight till its end enters thedepression 0, when the opposite end of the handle may be grasped and theturning thus continued, each handle in turn sliding downward until thetwisting is completed. In this manner pressure is constantly kept on thewires by means of either one or both of the handles, thus preventing thewires from slipping out of the slot 0 till The parts a of the plate a.are preferably grooved to receive the inner part of the handles. Theslots 0 vary somewhat in width to receive different-sized wires, and, ifdesired, they may be slightly curved outwardly in the direction ofmotion to hinder the wires from slipping out of the slots during-theprocess of twisting the wires, and also be made flaring at the peripheryof the plate a to facilitate the entrance of the wires. The guides '22may be either riveted on the plate, as shown, or cast with and as a partof it.

WVe claim as our invention- In a wire-twisting tool, a plate formed withslots of varied sizes to receive the wires, in combination with slidinghandles on opposite sides of the plate, substantially as described.

JAMES G. CALHOUN. CALVIN B. GARRISON.

W'itnesses:

J. J. RICHARDSON, J r., BRADFORD HowLAND.

